Ken Bob needs your help, Denver, CO!

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Scott, you may want to head this up and coordinate it. Please let me know if you can't. Thanks!

Ken Bob has started the process of planning his 2013 Running Barefoot Nor’easter Tour, plus! andDenver, Colorado, is included! (The tentative date is May 24.)

But he needs some help from you all. What he's looking for is some suggestions from you locals who may know best which stores/establishments would be willing and able to host a presentation and book-signing. This may require your making contact with those stores to help arrange his tour stops. He has his own projector, P.A. system, screen, wireless microphones, etc. All they have to do is provide the space.

He will be traveling with Herman, and he is sensitive (must be true, he says he read it in Barefoot Running Step by Step), so these venues need to be dog and barefoot friendly and definitely not reeking of coffee!

"Go! I am sending you out ...do not take sandals." ~Jesus“What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize that the foot is more noble than the shoe?” ~Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni"The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art." ~Leonardo da Vinci "How one runs probably is more important than what is on one’s feet, but what is on one’s feet may affect how one runs." ~Dr. Daniel Lieberman"Barefoot is the default." ~Bare Lee"Shoes do no more for the foot than a hat does for the brain." ~Dr. Mercer Rang"Running Nike Free 0.0" ~me

My Posterity FootprintI leave my footprint for you to seethe damage that shoes did to me.My foot is no longer nice and widebut narrow and cramped in shoes they hide.No longer are my feet healthy and freebut diseased and sick, they bother me.Take this as a lesson, so you may toonot be fooled into thinking shoes rule.This is what society did to me.I leave my footprint for the world to see. ~me

In some areas I already have overnight hosts, and in some areas one or more confirmed events. In those cases, all you folks need do, is drag your family, friends, and enemies to the event.

Where I need an overnight host, I do have some specific requirements. PLEASE don't offer to host us if you can't accomadate these requirements!

OVERNIGHT HOSTING: ( I have hosting in the Denver area)

1. I will be traveling with a large furry dog, Herman (http://PsychoHerman.com), and I do NOT want to leave this nearly-90-pound dog alone in a strange place thousands of miles away from home - being left alone might make him sad, and mostly because if he decides he's going to be upset with me for deserting him in a strange place, I can't afford to replace your fine furniture, carpet, walls, etc.. I can barely afford this trip! On the other hand, Herman is actually, mostly, a pretty nice and gentle dog, who loves cats, puppies, and small children. Given a few minutes (and a few treats, and a lot of back-scratching), he can generally get used to most adults and pre-pubescent children. But, if you are allergic to dogs, then please don't offer to host us overnight - then when I show up, tell me that Herman needs to be tied up outside or in the garage.

Besides Herman is part of the show, he is featured on page 44 of Barefoot Running Step by Step (BUY MY BOOK!)

2. Yes, I am sensitive - it says so in Barefoot Running Step by Step (BUY MY BOOK!) - to the smell of coffee, tobacco, even melons (though melon smell at least doesn't waft throughout the room as much as smoke and hot coffee fumes. So if you can't survive your morning without coffee, cigars, or cigarettes in your home, in fact, if you allow smoking in your home at all (the smell tends to linger, age, and get worse over the years) then PLEASE don't offer to host us overnight, or I might suffer headaches, nausea and if you're lucky, you might even get to watch me VOMIT!

3. I am Vegan. But that doesn't mean I'll be offended eating with some carnivores, and I'm not asking you to go out of your way to buy some fruits (NO MELONS PLEASE), vegetables, and nuts for me. I'll have plenty of my own food with me. Also I will have Herman's food with me - though Herman might enjoy sharing a small bite of your steak - careful, not too much, he's sensitive too. And, trust me, you really don't want Herman vomitting in your home!

PRESENTATIONS:

These too, must be DOG-FRIENDLY!
And Barefoot Friendly

If you know of a local store that is dog-friendly and interested in hosting my presentation and book-signing, let me know, or give the management my contact information so we can arrange something.

I have a mutli-media presentation (How to Run Forward without Breaking your Feet or other Body Parts - EVEN in “barefoot shoes”) and I am looking for places to set up my own equipment (projector, screen, notebook, wireless microphones, video cameras, small P.A. system, etc.). Should be a nice dry space out of the direct sun and rain with electricity (110-120AC). Often sporting goods, running specialty, or holistic health, etc., type of stores will welcome presentations like this at no charge, since it draws potential customers into their store. PLEASE, NO COFFEE SHOPS (see comment above about vomiting)

Inside a store I could also do book-signings, and book sales, for those who don't already own a hard-copy (paperback) of Barefoot Running Step by Step (BUY MY BOOK!)

WARNING! I'm charging $20 a copy! The book is available for MUCH less at Amazon. AND if you follow the link below to BUY MY BOOK! I make a small percentage in addition to my usual royalty (and I don't need to carry as many books on th tour)... But, if people want to pay $20 to buy a copy from me in person, I'll make a few dollars more which would help pay for my travel.

KEN BOB'S RUNNING BAREFOOT PLAY-FUN-SHOPS

These are more informal, usually held outdoors in a public park, or even a parking lot will do. I do have a small 8'X8' canopy which we can huddle under when we're not out running in the rain. No electricity is needed, just maybe some restrooms available to the participants.

CONFIRMED EVENTS:

Where events have been confirmed, I might still need a host, or suggestions for camping, but otherwise, all I'm asking is that you drag all of your family, friends, even enemies to the listen to me talk about how people are breaking their feet trying to run "barefoot" in shoes, and how to prevent this (with or without shoes).

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
All plans are subject to change, until after they happen! - Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton